Combination ironing-table and step-ladder.



E. VELARDE.

COMBINATION IRONING TABLE AND STEP LADDER.

APPLICATION F|L ED MAY27,1914.

1,140,636. Patented May 25, 1915.

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COMBINATION IRCNING-TABLE STEP-LADDER.

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Application filed May 27, 1914. Serial No. 8413 16.

7 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDUARDO VELARDE, a citizen of Mexico, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Ironing- Tables and Step-Ladders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined ironing-table and step-ladder, and the parts are so combined that the step-ladder coacts with the ironing-table in supporting the same in operative position, and the ironing-table coacts with the step-ladder in supporting the same in operative position.

The parts are simple in construction, so that the device may be manufactured at comparatively small cost and are also substantial in construction, .so that each part will reliably perform its respective function.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 shows the device arranged to serve as an ironing-table. Fig. 2 shows the device folded into small compass when not in use. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the device arranged to serve as a step-ladder.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a main ironing-board 1 provided at its underside with transverse cleats 2, 3 and 4. Cleat 2 is arranged at one end of the ironing-board, while the cleats 4 are arranged in a pair near the opposite end of said ironing-board; the cleats 3 being arranged in a pair and intermediate the cleats 2 and 4, as disclosed by Fig. 1.

The main ironing-board 1, is provided near one end with a supplemental ironingboard 5, having a depending stud 6 passing through a hole in said main ironing-board 1 and engaged by a nut 7; When the supplemental ironing-board 5 is not required, it can be readily removed after unscrewing the nut 7 from the stud 6. v

The ironing-board is supported for use as disclosed by Fig. 1, by a pair of main legs 8 and two pairs of supplemental legs 9 and 10.

The main legs 8 diverge toward their lower ends and are firmly connected by steps 12 and a transverse piece 13, which latter is secured to the upper ends of the legs-to receive the hinges 11. The main legs 8 are further secured at their upper-ends by a transverse piece 14 and a tie-rod 15. D

Specification of Letters Patent.

The supplemental legs Qtare secured near,

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their upper ends by pivots 16 to the upper portions of the main legs 8, and like the latter diverge at their lower ends to form a subi stantial support for the ironing-board and the step-ladder.

I The supplemental legs '9 are united by steps 17 and a transversepiece' 4:

1.8, which latter is secured tothe upper endsof said legs and adapted to pass between the pair of cleats 3, which firmly secure the legs 9 from falling while assisting in supporting the main ironing-board- 1.v

The supplemental legs 10 are connected at their lower ends to the lower ends of the main legs 8-by pivots 19" and united at their upper ends by a transverse piece 20,- ,which latter extends between the pair of cleats 4 and thus prevents said legs 10 from falling while 'coacting with the legs 8 and 9'in sup porting the ironing-board 1.

In order to convertthe device from the ironing-table disclosed by Fig. 1' to the stepladder disclosed by Fig. 3, it is only necessary to stand the device upon end with the hinges 11 uppermost, disengage the piece 18 from the cleats 3, and swing the supplemental legs 9 parallel with the main legs 8, so

that the steps 17 will coact with the steps 12 and the transverse piece 13, in forming steps for the step-ladder. When in the position disclosed by Fig. 3, the ironing-board 1, acts as a leg for the step-ladder.

When the device is arranged to serve as a step-ladder, as above described, the supplemental legs 9 are prevented from swinging inward beneath the weight of a person thereon by the steps 17, which overlap the adjacent edges of the main legs 8, as disclosed by Fig.

When the device is not in use it may be folded into small compass by folding the supplemental legs 9 and 10 against the main legs 8, and then folding the latter against the ironing-board 1, as disclosed by Fig. 2.

From the foregoing description, it will be understood, that I have produced a device which can be readily converted either into an ironing-table or a step-ladder without the removal or addition of any parts, and while I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, 1, of course, reserve the right to make such changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as properly fall withinthe spirit and scope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. combination ironing-board and stepladde 17,, consisting of an ironing-board capable of acting'as a step-ladder leg, a pair of main legs .coacting with said ironing board to support the same while acting either as an ironing-board oras a stepladder, hinges connecting said pair of main legs to the ironing-board, steps on said main legs, a pair of supplemental legs pivoted to the main legs to coact therewith in supporting the ironing-board, said supplemental legs'being adapted to fold against the main legs, and steps uniting said supplemental legs andadapted to overlap the main legs when the supplemental legs are folded against' said' main legs.

2. A combination ironing-board and stepladder, comprising an ironing-board capable of acting as a step-ladder legfa pair of cleats space a shortdistance apart and secured to the under side of the ironing-board intermediate the ends thereof, a second pair of cleats 'spaced ashort distance apart and secured to the ironing-board near' one end thereof, a pair of mam legs hinged to the I underside of the ironing-board to assist in supporting the same while acting either as an ironing-board or aspart of a step-ladder, steps connecting said main legs near the ends thereof, a pair of supplemental legs pivoted to the main legs to coact therewith in supporting the ironing-board, said supplemental legs being adapted to fold against the main legs, a transverse piece uniting the upper ends ofsaid supplemental legs and adapted to pass between the pair of cleats intermediate the ends of the ironing-board, steps also uniting the supplemental legs and adapted to lap the main legs when the supplemental legs are folded against the main legs, a second pair of supplemental legs 

